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At 10/14/07 11:13 AM, tony4moroney wrote:

At 10/14/07 11:10 AM, capnyoaz wrote:

Like I said dum-dum, he exists. The proof is that there is a discussion about him. On the other hand, there is no proof that his existence has any meaning or bearing on our day to day lives.

there is proof that his existence has meaning AND bearing in our lives considering we're talking about him right now

I guess what I meant was that there is no proof that this meaning or bearing has any measurable value. On a side note, there is not such thing as an atheist, lack of theology is a theology itself. =) Don't take that last bit too seriously folks. ;)

At 10/14/07 06:05 AM, SadisticMonkey wrote:

At 10/14/07 05:59 AM, capnyoaz wrote: Of course god exists.

There.

Is.

No.

Fucking.

Proof.

Like I said dum-dum, he exists. The proof is that there is a discussion about him. On the other hand, there is no proof that his existence has any meaning or bearing on our day to day lives.

Of course god exists. If he didn't we wouldn't be able to talk about him/her/it in this thread. Furthermore, trying to argue the difference between being agnostic and atheist is completely moot. Religion is like politics, you believe what you believe and everyone else is wrong, case and point. There is no rationality or superior argument when it comes o faith. Speaking of which, everyone up to now who has responded to this thread has only done so because of a lack of their own faith. All of you pose your opinions on the matter because you are looking for someone else to support your bullshit views on the matter. If you really believed what you said, then you wouldn't have bothered posting to this idiotic thread in the first place, I mean, everyone is wrong past you, right?

dub....

I'm still kind of new to AS and I am having a big problem. I am trying to duplicate a series of movie clips, but for some reason, the last clip is the only one that ever works. Here is my code.

for (I=0; I<3;I++) {
				duplicateMovieClip("data_mc","dispClip"+I,this.getNextHighestDepth());

				setProperty("dispClip"+I,_y, baseY + (50*I));
				setProperty("dispClip"+I,_x, 10);
				
				trace(I + " " + getProperty("dispClip"+I,_y));

			}
			trace(dispClip0._y);
			trace(dispClip1._y);
			trace(dispClip2._y);

When I am in the loop, the y-values for the clips trace just fine, but once I am out of the loop, only the last one will work. The other 2 come up as 'undefined'. Any ideas?

Also, does anyone know of a helpfile for AS that isn't like that Pieceoshit provided by Adobe? I'm sick of all my searches returning EVERY! topic.

OK, that makes sense to me. Looks like is serves both purposes. You just never know with scripting engines, or anything from adobe for that matter. Thanks again.

I start by just drawing any old thing, look at it, decide what I do and don't like and go from there. there are many pages in my book filled with minor revisions of the same thing. The most important part, of course, is forcing yourself to work on a design until you get those creative juices flowing.

Ok, so I can kind sorta somewhat pass by reference then. It seems that using a simple type doesn't work in this way + the aforementioned code would get really bulky for a large project. Right?

More importantly, it looks like you are using stuff like ':Object' to identify the type of the variable. Is there a performance advantage to doing this kind of stuff, or is it just for code organization purposes?

At 10/5/07 09:05 AM, urbn wrote:

At 10/4/07 08:18 PM, authorblues wrote:

At 10/4/07 06:13 PM, urbn wrote: I can't help you as I don't use flatfiles, and I suggest you don't either... There are far too many holes in it.

yeah? where did you read that?

I made it up, and have no experience of these things myself.

/end sarcasm.

So what are the 'far too many holes' in flat files anyway? I don't work with them much,but if I do, avoiding future pitfalls would be good.

is it possible to pass a function parameter by reference in ACtionScript 2? If so, how would it be done?

no AS3 here yet. I just started flash today. Anyway, thanks for all of the help so far, you seem to know your stuff and it is greatly appreciated. I'll send you a PM or something when I finish my first piece.

I like to think about things like affirmative action and equality rules like a pendulum. When it starts to swing, it goes wide and far, but over time (sometimes a long time) it rests in the middle. Think about the whole gays in the military thing, for example, at first it was a strong NO, then a strong YES, and now, from what I understand, it's a mind your own business kind of thing.

Yes, I've heard some discussion about placing actionScript in it's own layer instead of on the symbols. I never got a reason as to why, is it just a scope issue in the end? Like special functions, etc in the symbol won't be available to other areas of code?

Hey! that's a good idea! By the way, what are the little perks of the buttons? Is it stuff like the ease of adding rollOvers and what not? Or did I just say some complete nonsense? At a bare minimum, thanks for the help so far.

Your problem is one of those age old drawbacks of most file systems. Basically, what you are forced to do, is re-write the entire file every time you add data to the top. So open the old file, make a copy of the data, open a new file, place the new information, and then place the old information after it.

here's some psuedocode

$oldHandle = open_file($path);
$oldData = read_file($oldHandle);
close_file($oldHandle);

$newHandle = new_file($path);   //this will truncate the file!
write_data($newHandle, $newData);
write_data($newHandle, $oldData);
close_file($newHandle);

As you probably guessed, when your file starts getting over a few Kb in size, this is a painfully wasteful way to do things. You either need to create an index file, or just use a DB.

Ok, I think that I have solved my problem. Correct me if I am wrong. It seems that symbols, for the most part don't have any major differences. I can easily assign button events to a movieclip, and then that movieclip is now a "button". So I call duplicateMovieClip() as many times as needed, and there are my buttons!

Does anyone know if there is a difference from a performance standpoint between the button and movie symbols? Is it just a way for the symbols to interact with the editor?

I am new to flash, so bear with me. How do I place multiple buttons in my flash document at runtime based off of one symbol? When I start it, I want a random number of buttons to appear. I have done the linkage thing, but this is where I stop. Any good ideas?

do you know anything about SQL queries? If not, check w3schools.com After that, get a copy ofthe PHP manual at php.net. There is a section entitled 'mysql functions' that will explain everything. I believe that there is even a code example that will basically answer your question. It's easy, you'll be done in an hour.

I am not exaclty sure hoe adsense uses the JavaScript to serve the ad, but if you are familiar with the "loadVariables" function, you could essentially call a page that your adSense script is loaded on, and then parse the result of that script. The get URL function could then be used after the fact to make sure that google knows someone clicked the ad. All of this of course depends on how exactly he JS works.

If you want a simple exclusive uploader, just add a password field to your upload form. After you POST the information, you can just compare it to a password that you have placed in the script. EZ as pie, no special proccessing, completely secure, and everything is in one place. For example;

$pass = 'password';
   if ($_POST['pass'] == $pass) {
      //process upload info here.
   } else {
      //reject upload request.
   }

It's not exactly a tutorial, but it is a good place for inspiration, or a lesson in what CSS is capable of.

http://csszengarden.com/

At 8/3/07 08:53 AM, DearonElensar wrote: Myeah it would be nice to know to have some overview of what the heck you want and how much you are willing to compensate (in money that is, not in "hosting space")

thanks for the reprimand, but I think we are all on the same page. ^^

At 10/1/07 11:47 AM, CHIKUNHED wrote: I'm not even going to waste my time replying to that rubbish. If a mod is looking, I'd prefer if you lock this thread, it's just getting ridiculous.

If you want to stop making a fool out of yourself, maybe you should play by the rules and try to WORK WITH PEOPLE instead of trying to have your way. Don't ask for a mod to spare you the embarrassment of your silly approach to doing business.

Keep in mind, all this hostility stems from me simply asking for a PM!

You mean it stems from you refusing to offer project details and playing fast and loose with everyone here. Seriously man, how are you supposed to run some writing site when you can't even read?! If you want to save some face and get some work done, why don't you try posting the details HERE! I'll bet the mood of this thread will change almost immediately.

I was checking on my programming thread just now and you can see the kind of crap you have to suffer to get anything done. You think to yourself... Maybe they're right, maybe I am asking too much by having them E-mail me for more information... Nahhh, they're just looking to make trouble and pick a fight, it's very unfair. I'm glad you're an even tempered fellow and not prone to leaping on bandwagons :)

Get over yourself already. Again, if you would READ the responses that you are getting, it would be clear that the only person trying to pick a fight is you. We have said over and over that you need to post project details HERE and you refuse. Furthermore, you start on all this 'everyone is so mean to me, why do you idiots not like me, wa wa wa!' BS everytime we ask you to post the details HERE. If you want to do business with people, you need to meet them half way. Even if you are the guy paying for everything, nobody wants to work for an unreasonable crybaby.

Now, for anyone new reading this thread, let me offer a warning. This dude CHIKUNHED is a total creep, and after dealing with him myself, I would strongly recommend NOT trying to work with him. First off, CHIKUNHED is altworthy, the same user who started this thread. You can actually go back and see where he thanks everyone for responding on behalf of HIMSELF. Weird! Also, he goes by yet another alias 'Ray' on MSN. Additionally, Michael, or CHIKUNHED or whoever he really is, is completely unprofessional. He may or may not respond to your e-mails or messages, and even if you do get project details, he will change his request at the last second.

Lastly, I am pretty sure that he dosen't have money to pay for this supposed work he is offering, my evidence being that he brags about having 4 programmers on his team, and yet he has been at this redesign business for 2 months and nothing has gotten done.

So that's just my experience trying to work with this guy, I think he's full of shit, and everyone here would be wise to ignore him and not waste your time.

I would strongly recommend making a non-ajax comment system first so that you can make sure your concept will work. Once the guts are complete, making it work with AJAX will be a snap. Otherwise, an SQL database would probably be your best bet.

well, this is probably a form upload, and if it is, I am guessing that you don't have the 'encType' set properly to handle binary shit. Otherwise, yeah, tell us what the actual problem is.

Well if you need something cool looking, and you are the designer, then there shouldn't be a problem there. I also have to agree with sandypaw, if you can't meet the requirements of your employer, you shouldn't have taken on the job. I mean you don't see me doing brain surgery right? Regardless, it sounds like you are looking for someone to do the coding for you, so if you feel lke signing over your paycheck for a week, I'll be glad to help you out.

Here's a listing service.
http://www.free-webhosts.com/free-mysql-
database.php

I think one is supposedly OK.
http://www.x10hosting.com/

Also, I know that lycos will host you for free. No DB support though. Maybe no PHP either.

if you want to detect just numbers, then use isNumeric. The return is boolean. If you are looking for a just text, I believe there is a function called isText() that works the same way. Otherwise you have to search for each digit using something like inStr().

You'll probably get better responses in the future if you give a better description of what exactly you are trying to do.

OK, all done here. This is my parser. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to do it in PHP to challenge myself. Obviously PHP is not really a good choice for this sort of task, but fuck it. I have tested it a fair amont, but haven't given it anything super complex yet. I will warn you though, if it encounters negative numbers, it will totally take a dump on you.

I intend to fix this bug, but I've gotta hit the hay now. I'm sure more will crop up. The code is also posted there for your viewing pleasure. Anyway, no trees or anything fancy, it's all string manipulation. Oh yeah, I forgot to give it decimal support, so ignore that too. Won't do goofy shit like 3(4+2)=12. It needs its operators.

Cheers!
http://august-harper.com/august/surf-sta tion/input_expr.php

I shouldn't say anything but....
Michael, if you would quit jackin' it to your thesaurus and pay attention to what people are saying here, I think you would be a much happier person. Since you suck at communication, especially in the reading comprehension area, maybe I can sum it up for you. Read it twice if you need to.

[[
We are interested in your project, we would like more information, if you aren't going to provide any in this thread, please go away.
]]

I think that covers all the bases. Let me know if I am wrong, if so, I'll shut up.